67: Churches and Change

This edition of our membership magazine was published in July 2021 and features the following articles:

4 Ecclesiastical Exemption: is it working?

James Hughes on the worrying issues with the faculty system for protecting heritage.

7 Prior warning

David Valinsky on E.S. Prior’s warnings about church design and alterations from the 1890s.

8 Learning to love the Victorian church

William Whyte on the importance of finding the virtues in Victorian.

10 Our favourite Victorian churches and chapels

Hilary Grainger, Griff Rhys Jones, Lucinda Lambton, Sir Roy Strong, Gus Casely-Hayford and Ptolemy Dean.

15 Bentley lost and found

Peter Howell on rescuing J.F. Bentley-designed fittings.

16 House notes

Moses Jenkins on how to protect churchyard monuments.

18 Casework

An update on the Society’s recent casework.

23 Case study

Kitchens of Christ’s Hospital, Sussex, by Nick Ray.

24 Book reviews

Espying Heaven; George Skipper; The Brutish Museum; and Young Poland.

28 News

John Bowen of Birmingham; Kinmel Hall; the treasures of the Conway Library; Peter May collection of architectural drawings published.

30 Finding Pugin

David Frazer Lewis on writing about a Gothic hero.

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